PRINTER'S NO. 1282
No. 1050 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, BELL, SALVATORE, HELFRICK, STAPLETON,
ROBBINS, WAGNER, LEMMOND, ARMSTRONG, PICCOLA, JUBELIRER,
TOMLINSON, LOEPER, BRIGHTBILL, CONTI, CORMAN, MURPHY, STOUT,
DENT, SLOCUM, HUGHES, EARLL, KITCHEN, COSTA, BELAN, BODACK,
WOZNIAK, TARTAGLIONE, THOMPSON, WENGER, MADIGAN, HOLL,
GERLACH, O'PAKE, RHOADES, GREENLEAF, PUNT, WAUGH, MUSTO,
MELLOW AND HART, JULY 23, 1999
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JULY 23, 1999
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Military and
2 Veterans Affairs to issue a grant for the construction of the
3 National World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia.
4 The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
5 (1) The American Battle Monuments Commission is raising
6 funds for the construction of the National World War II
7 Memorial in the District of Columbia as authorized by the act
8 of May 25, 1993 (Public Law 103-32, 107 Stat. 90).
9 (2) There were 1,321,000 residents of the Commonwealth
10 of Pennsylvania who served in the Armed Forces of the United
11 States during World War II.
12 (3) It is appropriate for the Commonwealth to contribute
13 to the construction of the National World War II Memorial.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Appropriation.
1 The sum of $2,000,000 is hereby appropriated from the General
2 Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the
3 purpose of issuing a grant to the American Battle Monuments
4 Commission for the construction of the National World War II
5 Memorial in the District of Columbia.
6 Section 2. Effective date.
7 This act shall take effect immediately.
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